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Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record 04 Aug 2022 - 01:44 pm
A wildfire burns at Bushat, Shkoder, Albania August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Trump-backed Dixon to face Michigan governor Whitmer in November 04 Aug 2022 - 01:18 pm
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South Africa reports first death causally linked to COVID vaccine 04 Aug 2022 - 12:44 pm
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Euro zone consumers brace for recession and high inflation - ECB survey 04 Aug 2022 - 12:02 pm
People with shopping bags walk near a shopping center, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
FRANKFURT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Consumers in the euro zone are bracing for the economy to shrink and for high inflation to continue eating into their income in the next year, a European Central Bank survey showed on Thursday.

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Taliban Says Unaware of al-Qaeda Leader’s Presence in Kabul 04 Aug 2022 - 11:40 am
Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
Fire triggered by explosions spreads in Berlin city forest 04 Aug 2022 - 11:08 am
Firefighter vehicles are seen near the closed motorway access Huettenweg, due to an explosion in munitions depot in the Grunewald forest in Berlin, Germany August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
US Senate approves Finland, Sweden's accession to NATO 04 Aug 2022 - 10:59 am
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Italy to approve $14.5 billion package against inflation 04 Aug 2022 - 10:57 am
A woman shops at Campo de' Fiori market, on the day the European Central Bank's rate-setting Governing Council holds an unscheduled meeting to discuss the recent sell-off in government bond market, in Rome, Italy, June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Ukraine health crisis worsens as medics work amid shelling: WHO 04 Aug 2022 - 10:52 am
Firefighters extinguish a burning hospital building hit by a Russian missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Stanislav Kozliuk/File Photo
Taiwan calls China military drills 'illegitimate, irresponsible', says missiles fired 04 Aug 2022 - 10:46 am
A TV screen shows China's People's Liberation Army has begun military exercises including live firing in the waters and airspace surrounding the island of Taiwan, in Hong Kong, China August 4, 2022. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Ten Mexican miners remain trapped in coal mine after three rescued 04 Aug 2022 - 10:34 am
Soldiers keep watch at the facilities of a coal mine that collapsed leaving miners trapped, in Sabinas, in Coahuila state, Mexico, August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Ojeda
China says it begins live-fire military drills all around Taiwan 04 Aug 2022 - 09:28 am
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New COVID case numbers in New Zealand trending lower, signs wave peaked 04 Aug 2022 - 09:28 am
A testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in Wellington, New Zealand, March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer
Three missing, thousands ordered to evacuate as rain pounds northern Japan 04 Aug 2022 - 09:09 am
A view shows a submerged residential area caused by a flood of the Mogami river, in Oe town, Yamagata prefecture, Japan August 4, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average 04 Aug 2022 - 07:59 am
File photo: A tree stands on the dried-up riverbed of Ai River in Dandong, Liaoning province November 27, 2009. Reuters/Jacky Chen/File Photo
Volcano erupts near Iceland's capital in seismic hot spot 03 Aug 2022 - 11:08 pm
File Photo: Lava erupts from the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on May 18, 2021. (Reuters)
Iraqi cleric orders followers to continue protest until demands met 03 Aug 2022 - 09:05 pm
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr sleep during a sit-in at the parliament building, amid political crisis in Baghdad, Iraq, August 3, 2022.(REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)
Pelosi lauds Taiwan, says China's fury cannot stop visits by world leaders 03 Aug 2022 - 08:45 pm
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the delegation visit the National Human Rights Museum with Chen Chu, chair of National Human Rights Commission, in New Taipei, Taiwan, August 3, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS)